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Originally Posted by Ice Blue Fire
How bad do you feel your condition is? OCD can have many different severitites.
For instance, mine isn't really that bad. My condition is that everything has to be "in order". By this I mean, if I see a picture frame and it's not straight, then it must be adjusted. If I see things that are supposed to be in a straight line and something is out of place, I have to adjust it. If things must be color coded and there is one that is not supposed to be where it is, then I fix it. Do you know what I mean? I don't know if saying things must be "in order" makes sense.
To me, this isn't really all that bad of a problem. If you feel like you have about the same thing, then there are a few ways to deal with it. Talking with other people who have OCD helps, and also learning to get past your emotions helps too. You can PM me if you want to talk.
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I'm a bit late here, but I'm exactly the same way (except for my roomO_o). The only real problem it gives me is at work. I work at Target, and we have to do this thing called "zoning" basically making the store look nice. Depending on the isle it make take me half an hour-a full hour on one isle, because I need it to be straight, and I really prefer even. For example, Shampoo, All the Shampoo and conditioner and stuff HAVE to be in two rows, and I feel much better if it were even, if there are any uneven, than the first row (often on the left) must have the extra one. Or another example. Stacking. I.HATE.STACKING. Anything that is stacked I MUST unstack if possible, if theres no way to unstack it, than i will stack from the back. I really hate it. Sometimes I feel bad because people have to come help me, and i dont thinkthey fully understand, i'll tell them, but they sorta just laugh it off:-P
If you do go to a therapist, just make surethey treat you as an equal and take you seriously. My former therapist refused to believe that I had anything wrong with me. She wouldn't believe me when I said I had ADD. Now I told her it wasn't serious, but Hi, EVERYONE in my family has it, and prety sure I do, and I dont give a shit if you dont believe me. lol. Just make sure they will honestly listen to you.